Jenny Hamel is an award winning television journalist who’s been in the industry for the past eight years, working as both a reporter and an anchor.  She was recently awarded an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for a story based on her travels to Uganda with a San Diego non-profit organization. (A story she shot herself) She was also recently nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of President Obamas' Inauguration in January 2009. She and her colleague were the only television news team from San Diego to report on the Inauguration from Washington, D.C. In 2007, Jenny was on the frontlines of the October wildfires that ravaged San Diego. In addition to doing countless live shots for her hometown viewers and affiliates nationwide, she made regular appearances on CNN and Fox. Jenny is a San Diego native and has been working as a reporter/anchor for San Diego 6 News the CW (formerly known as FOX6 News) for the past five years. Prior to her return to San Diego, Jenny started her career in Fayetteville, Arkansas where she worked as the Weekend Anchor/Reporter. Jenny is a graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. Before getting into the news industry, Jenny spent a year working in Europe for an online travel guide, and lists cliff diving in Croatia as one of her favorite experiences! In 2009, Jenny filmed, wrote and produced a series of webisodes highlighting the great things to do and places to stay in Costa Rica. Jenny is a National Advisory Board representative for the Asian American Journalists Association, of which she's been a member for 5 years.